Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock) also were winners at the first of 24 events
in the 2013 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.

Force powered her Traxxas Ford Mustang past NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger driver Ron Capps with a
pass of 4.025 seconds at 317.12 mph to earn her second career victory.

C. Force defeated Capps

"It was definitely unbelievable," Force said. "My team, (crew chiefs) Ron Douglas and Dan Hood,
thanks to them, they had given me great race car all weekend long. I just try to keep it straight
down the center and they really made my job easy. I really owe it to those guys. It was kind of
bittersweet finishing here (at the NHRA Finals in November) and not getting that win, then coming
back and picking up where we left off and finishing our job. We got the win and I'm just proud of
my team."

In Top Fuel, Langdon drove his Al-Anabi Racing dragster to the win with his pass of 3.721 at
322.27, defeating seven-time champion Tony Schumacher and the U.S. Army team. In front of a
hometown crowd, Langdon said the second victory is so much sweeter than the first.

"Couldn't have scripted it any better really," Langdon said. "We struggled a little in qualifying.
We didn't really have the car that we thought we should have had, but we qualified seventh. We knew
the things we learned in testing that we had a car capable of winning. It showed today."

Langdon defeated Schumacher

In the second round of eliminations, 2012 world champion Antron Brown's Matco Tools dragster went
out of control and crashed near the finish line. Brown emerged from the crashed car under his own
power and was checked and released by NHRA emergency services officials. He received only very
minor injuries in the incident.

"I am feeling good," Brown said. "I've got some scrapes on my legs and my back is a little sore,
but overall I feel good. The best feeling was seeing how quickly the NHRA Safety Safari got to my
car after it stopped. The car did its job and we'll be ready for Phoenix."

Nobile claimed his sixth Pro Stock victory with a performance of 6.571 at 211.03 in his Mountain
View Tire Dodge Avenger, taking the automatic victory over Jeg Coughlin, who turned on the red
light at the starting line and fouled out in his JEGS.com/Mopar Dodge Avenger.

Nobile defeated Coughlin

"It's pretty awesome leaving here with the points lead," said Nobile. "That's every team's goal.
Now we just want to stay there, stay consistent and keep the wins coming."

The Mello Yello Drag Racing Series rolls in to Phoenix Feb. 22-24 for the NHRA Arizona Nationals at
Firebird International Raceway which will be aired on ESPN2HD.

Sunday's final results from the 53rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start
Batteries at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. The race is the first of 24 in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag
Racing Series.